Don't buy a 5K... well, actually its a matter of taste, but to me the Qudelix is not only physically not very attractive, I also like the sound of the ES100 *much* more. Plus the application for the Qudelix is even more disorganized.
Doesn't MQA cost license fees? I'd never pay for that... otherwise the BTR7 sounds like an option, but at that price I'd choose the Go Blu.
For reasons the discussion of which doesn't belong here, I do not wish to purchase products with MQA and certainly not pay extra for MQA. I hope that vendors which have products with MQA follow the lead of SMSL and release MQA-free versions of their products which support MQA.
I agree it's a very similar thing, with much better software IMHO. Plus it hasn't been essentially abandoned and gets regular updates. I have mine in a case so I don't have to look at it, so ugly doesn't figure in. My ES100 battery no longer holds much charge, so while I enjoyed the heck out of it, it's taking up space in a drawer.
Interesting. Thanks for posting the info. Didn’t watch the video, but read through a couple linked articles he listed (sites I’ve used before).
Yes. Great analogy. There’s so many standards/acronyms/ whatever is the latest thing to be aware of, it’s dizzying.
You do have a point here. But there are so many options available that I normally don't feel limited by trying to exclude MQA-enabled models. But like with most things its better not to take it as religious choices (i.e. that can't be changed/amended/ignored at times)
Glad you like it. Still trucking along with mine from August 2018. Every morning with coffee, using a variety of headphones.
As long as it still works fine -- no. They only changed the buttons (a bit less squishy), the belt clip (a bit more robust) and the color, internals are identical.
Awesome. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do mine. HUGE bang for buck.
